chrissyxf

Work has been extremely crazy but I finally have a moment to write. I’m currently 141.6 which is close to what I’ve been for awhile. I’m not very happy about it but it’s good considering that I haven’t been able to go to the gym as often (exhausted doesn’t even begin to describe right now). I’ve been sticking with the Self Bikini Body Workout video 3x a week and biking a couple of times a week.

In any case, we just booked a cruise for late January so now I have more immediate motivation! I would like to be 136 by the cruise and I do think that’s feasible. I’m sticking with the weight workout and will really try to kick up the cardio in the 2 weeks before christmas as I’m going to see my parents for a week at that point and there is no access to a gym and it’s 10 degrees out there (definitely no outdoor workouts for me!).

Thanks for the accountability!

So first hurdle was Halloween which I made through relatively unscathed though I had too much candy on the actual day of Halloween. Today I did better than I have in the past but still not as good as planned.

Good stuff: Got the whole family to go for a 30 min walk at noon, and volunteered to walk the dog for 20 min after dinner and ate a smart breakfast (half a banana with peanut butter)

Not so good stuff: Planned to eat only a few appetizer food but it was technically lunch so I was hungry and overdid the brie- by a lot…probably had 400 calories of brie alone (it’s this baked thing my mother makes with jam and phyllo dough- delicious but so bad). I was so full from all that all I ate for dinner was some asparagus and a small slice of lasagna (i’m vegetarian). Then dessert was a small slice of apple pie (minus the top crust which I threw away), a small slice of pumpkin (no crust) and a quarter cup vanilla bean ice cream with 2 italian cookies. I wasn’t stuffed to the point of being sick like I’ve been previously but I was definitely full…

so was today a success? i’m not sure. i think I was more active than I’ve been and I’m happy with that- it didn’t burn more than maybe 150 calories but hey, better than nothing. I’ll just be back to eating 1300-1400 cals/day tomorrow and hopefully be recovered by weigh in on monday morning. 

Hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving!

So weighed in this morning at 143…again. I HATE that I had no control this past weekend and just ate and ate. I ate alot on Saturday at my party and drank too many glasses of wine then yesterday, I did well right up until 7pm…I wasn’t even hungry for dinner, probably because I ate so much the day before, and yet, I ate a weight watchers meal, 15 ritz crackers and 6 slices of cheese, oh and a small bowl of cereal! I’m so angry at myself. I don’t even want to go to the gym this morning but I’m forcing myself to go down and at least do 30 minutes.

And it’s the week of thanksgiving. I fly to my parents house on Wed night and will have 4 full days of food and no access to a gym. I know it’s just about self control and will power but it’s so hard when everyone else is pigging out. I come from a huge italian family where everything surfaces around food.

Plan: Workout Mon-Wed morning and eat as clean as possible. Do a workout on Thursday morning consisting of strength work using body resistance (pushups, abs, squats, tricep dips, etc) and offer to walk the dog daily for 30 min. Eat a sensible breakfast everyday. For thanksgiving itself: not eat the appetizers of cheese and crackers but stick to the veggies. For lunch (we eat at 2 or 3), small portions- skipping things I can eat on other days such as mashed potatoes and savoring things I don’t get on a regular basis like my mom’s veggie lasagna. Skipping the worst for me desserts…which means I will probably have a small piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream (no ice cream).  Eat a small snack later in the day at 7. Friday, similar ideas…my problem is always late night snacking so I will try to avoid it as much as possible

I feel really disappointed in myself because I was on track to reach my goal of 141 by thanksgiving and I sabotaged myself. I hate feeling the way I feel now but it doesn’t help stop me from eating uncontrollably. I pretty much got rid of all the regular temptations like sweets in the house (i even threw out the left over tiramasu someone brought for my party) but I’ll still eat like 3 bowls of cereal. I just want to scream in frustration.

So I’m sick- I weighed in today at 142.0- that’s 0.8 pounds so far this week and 1 pound from my goal by Thanksgiving. I’m happy about this. However, I’m not happy that I have this cold that I can’t shake. I didn’t work out yesterday because my head was killing me and the idea of bouncing at all was painful. The day before that I only did 30 min on the stationary bike just to keep moving. I’m going to go to the gym this morning after I write this for 30 min of biking, again just to keep moving. I know that working out non-vigorously is the way to go when you have a head cold- thankfully, it’s the neck up.

I’m trying not to push my body so it can heal-hopefully by this weekend! As far as eating goes…I did really well yesterday but I binged on Monday night I just couldn’t stop eating- mostly pita chips and hummus- now that they’re gone, it’s easy to be good but I’m having a housewarming party on Saturday and i’m nervous about having all those leftovers in the house again. In any case, I do notice that my willpower is getting stronger as I “exercise” that muscle in my brain which is kinda nice.

I’m trying to be kinder to myself. I’ve been feeling really down about my weight and my goals. I feel like I’ll never be out of the 140s and if I do get back to 138 (where I got to last time), I’ll just let myself go again and have to start over. I want this time to be different so badly, but what if I fail again? I don’t know if my self-esteem could take that.

142.8! Slowly but surely, the pounds are coming off and I’m right on track for my mini goal of 141 by thanksgiving…

I was thinking this weekend about one thing in particular. My boyfriend lives with a couple and a single girl…both these woman are super skinny/sexy (like toned skinny, not flabby)…and I really hate how I feel when I’m around them…about myself! Why should how others look put a damper on how I feel? I have these amazing days when I feel great about myself but the second I’m hanging out with them, I’m judging myself :(. I know others have been in this place…help for how you’ve dealt with it? Other than avoidance!

So I weighed in today…exactly what it was on Monday 143.4…and I know why and I’m just happy it’s not a gain. I only made it to the gym on Tuesday morning and I got myself to go after work yesterday…I tried to go this morning but for some reason, it was still locked, even though it’s supposed to open at 6 and it was pouring outside so walking outdoors wasn’t an option so I took to cleaning my apartment for a half hour vigorously but still. I also ate without abandon at night 3 times this week :/ And I’m going away this weekend. I can only hope I can make some good food choices and walk as much as I can- I’m going to a football game in a college town so it should be a good amount of walking- but avoiding high calorie beer is going to be tough- I’m gonna try to stick with light beer and not overdo it because, as I’ve learned, that can lead to poor food choices too.

This is usually when I give up. When the scale stops moving and I’ve not kept up with my goals 100% but I refuse to let that happen this time. My first step was writing this this morning because I really didn’t want to fess up and I could’ve just fallen off the face of the earth. Thanks for keeping me accountable, especially when I really don’t want to be held accountable. I will be weighing in on Monday and hoping for the best.

Today’s weight: 143.4- 1.2 pounds down from last week AND 4.6 pounds from the start- in 3 weeks!

Things I did well: Over the weekend, I went away to NYC. I walked- alot, every chance I got, I walked. I never took a cab and avoided the subway except when going 100 blocks at a time! I put in about 7-8 miles on Saturday and another 4 on Sunday. I also made some good choices at restaurants but never felt deprived. I even got some of the street vendor nuts

Things to work on: Well, I got up this AM and was too tired to get to the gym. I’m trying to get myself to go tonight. Also, on the weekend, I ate late night pizza on Saturday after drinking 3 drinks. I chose a very high in veggie slice which is better than some of the alternatives but still.

Overall, I did well this weekend and managed to take off about .3 - .4 pounds since Thursday AM which probably equates to no loss/no gain over the weekend- which is great! I only have 3.4 pounds till my mini-goal and I’m proud of myself.

Weigh-in: 144.0

Things I did well: took the stairs most of the day, made it to the gym for an hour and so far, have stuck to my diet.

Things I need to work on: negative self talk today was high for some reason, I had to pick out outfits for my weekend away to see old friends and just poked around at all the mushy spots I should be focusing on the things I’m doing to change and should be proud of the discipline that that’s requiring.

So dieting on vacation or rather…maintaining my new lifestyle in a new setting…I’m going to new york city for the weekend and I’m soo excited to see my family and old friends. It’s going to be crazy busy and I already know, full of restaurant food and tempting alcoholic drinks so my method of defense is going to be “plan and then follow the plan. Anticipate the challenged and know what the response will be.” So first, my flight is around dinner time and there is never anything healthy and vegetarian at the airport so I made a peanut butter sandwich (wheat bread) and am packing a cup of cheerios and a banana. Saturday I will be eating breakfast at my parents and plan on having healthy cereal with a cut up banana. Lunch is going to be a bit tricky as is dinner. I know my friends plan on going to a pizza place so my “treat” on Sat is going to be ONE slice of pizza, no soda. Not sure what I will do for lunch, but will try to suggest a sandwich place where I can keep the calories in check. Sat night is bar night. I am going to limit myself to 3 drinks for the entire day and will abstain from late night eating. Sunday I will probably only have time for lunch and again, at the airport for dinner but I want to make as healthy a choice as possible. Sometimes there’s a dunkin donuts where I can get a wheat bagel and peanut butter and there is usually someplace to buy fruit. As far as exercise goes, I’m going to do my regular workout tomorrow and I will be walking all day in the city on Saturday. Sunday will be difficult but I will be walking a bit in the city and want to at least do 20 min on the bike when I get home if I’m not too tired.

Because I won’t be home for weigh-in on Sunday, I’ll report my weight on Monday- hopefully that will give me motivation to stay on track! I’ll also report back on how I did on Monday.

So how do you all stay on track while away from home and your regular schedule?

Hey all,

So I’ve decided to only weigh in on Sunday and Thursday because the up and down thing is painful and once a week doesn’t satisfy my curiosity…so weigh in tomorrow.

Things I did well: took the stairs all day and said no to the LAST of the halloween candy in my office- go me.

Not so well: I was exhausted this morning and when the alarm went off, I reset it for an hour later…I thought I would make up for it when I got home but I didn’t get home till 630 and was hungry so I ate and then thoroughly cleaned my apartment. I cut back a little bit on what I ate to help make up for it and stuck to about 1300 cals today.

So today I wanted to ask everyone what their favorite at-home workout videos are, for those days when the gym REALLY is not appealing.

For weights, I really like the Self Bikini Body Fast video. It’s all standing exercises which I like and there are some really unique ab moves, plus the 30 minutes FLIES by.

For cardio, I have yet to find a video I really like. I tried the 10 minute solution kickboxing but didn’t care for it. I also tried the jillian michael’s stuff but found that it went slow. So any suggestions?

So the weigh in today was 144.6- 2.2 pounds down from last week! and 4.6 pounds to my first mini goal!

Things I did well: Said no to the chocolate at work today and took the stairs to the 6th floor after lunch. Also did 1 hour on the elliptical today and an hour of workout video yesterday

Things to work on: Halloween was really bad for my diet. I ate the equivalent of 2 big candy bars (in minis of course!). I def learned that I’m the kind of person that having one is just not ever gonna cut it for me- as another poster said, abstinence is the best way for me.

So I’m going to continue working out every morning but I’m adding a weights video to Sun and Wed for a change of pace but also to help tone up the muscles that will be showing through soon! I really like the self bikini body fast video but I think I’m going to write on workout videos tomorrow.

Until then, stay away from the post-Halloween candy! You can do it!