Hello, Internet.
So I've lost a total of 29 pounds. I've lost of a very large thanksgiving turkey and you can't even tell. I am both impressed with myself and saddened. I would think at almost 30 pounds would make a difference but not so much. Maybe in another month I can lose another 20 pounds and at 50 people will be able to notice? I sure hope so.
I also really miss coffee. Every morning when I go fill up my 32oz water cup I think about the delicious coffee sent wafting from the hot, steaming pots less than two feet away. Sometimes I'm nice and make more coffee if they massive caffeine consumers that I work with are running low. Sometimes I think about snorting the coffee. Most of the time I settle for just smelling the grinds are I'm prepping a new pot. There is something about coffee that is just intoxicating. The one aspect of my diet that I do not plan on keeping is a lack of coffee or tea.
Right now the only thing we can have is decaf green tea. Have you had it? It's not bad….but it's not really that tasty either. My plan is to learn how to drink my coffee black. That's how my Granny took her coffee. My Granddaddy and my crap head Dad both drink their coffee with cream and sugar which is how I like it. But I can save calories by skipping the cream and sugar and still have that wonderful aroma. There is nothing better than waking up on a crisp, fall morning and having coffee on your porch. Especially when you get up and it's still grey outside, no one is really making noise. it's almost as quiet as Christmas. Oh how I am ready for fall.
Lastly, someone I work with smells like a cabbage patch doll and it is very unnerving.
PS: Can someone teach my how to not cheat horribly on the weekends? Thanks.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Weight Loss and Father Issues
So anyone who knows me knows that I have issues with my father. I won't get into them because they are long and plentiful but something recently came up and just keeps irking me.
He has a facebook. He has blocked my sister and I on facebook because we didn't appreciate his sleazy messages to and from ladies that he didn't even know. Again, this is an old issue but it came in a round about way again.
My mom was have lunch with a friend and her friend commented that on my dad's profile someone posted " so nice of Susan to let you have the girls today!"
Let that just sink in for a minute.
I am 26, my sister is 25. They've been divorced for almost two years. What does the random lady that I don't know from adam even know about what is going on? We see him when he asks us to. Which is about 4 times a year. He wants holidays and birthdays. He, however, left. So he gets whatever day we deem acceptable.
Here's where my problem came in. Because I am obsessed with finding out the exact wordage of this random woman's venomous post I created a fake facebook profile. Yes that's right, I did sink that low. Once I finally found him, I couldn't even view his page Or add him as a friend. All of that sleuthing for nothing.
The sad thing is that I can't even call him and ask what was said, or ask him to take posts like that down, because he just gets made at me and acts like my mom is this huge b-word. In reality she had been the ONLY one who keeps pestering my sister and I into having a relationship with him.
Effffff.
Also, I officially lost 20 lbs and work outs are a stink hole of poop.
He has a facebook. He has blocked my sister and I on facebook because we didn't appreciate his sleazy messages to and from ladies that he didn't even know. Again, this is an old issue but it came in a round about way again.
My mom was have lunch with a friend and her friend commented that on my dad's profile someone posted " so nice of Susan to let you have the girls today!"
Let that just sink in for a minute.
I am 26, my sister is 25. They've been divorced for almost two years. What does the random lady that I don't know from adam even know about what is going on? We see him when he asks us to. Which is about 4 times a year. He wants holidays and birthdays. He, however, left. So he gets whatever day we deem acceptable.
Here's where my problem came in. Because I am obsessed with finding out the exact wordage of this random woman's venomous post I created a fake facebook profile. Yes that's right, I did sink that low. Once I finally found him, I couldn't even view his page Or add him as a friend. All of that sleuthing for nothing.
The sad thing is that I can't even call him and ask what was said, or ask him to take posts like that down, because he just gets made at me and acts like my mom is this huge b-word. In reality she had been the ONLY one who keeps pestering my sister and I into having a relationship with him.
Effffff.
Also, I officially lost 20 lbs and work outs are a stink hole of poop.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Week Two
So this Saturday is the end of Week Two of my fitness boot camp.
The second week wasn't as hard as the first when it came to work outs, and i honestly think that's because I didn't put enough into them. Yes I was still exhausted by the end, but I could have put more into them. Hopefully with week three I can really push more, add more weights to my reps and really start to work harder.
A big step up though was that I was able to do a full sit up. When I started this course, and for years, my sit ups included me being able to only move my shoulders off the ground by maybe two inches. Yesterday I was able to do multiple, full sit ups. I was very, very proud of myself. I think I'm going to use this as my first milestone.
Another really difficult part of this program is the food. I'm supposed to eat every three to four hours and I just can't do that. If I'm not hungry, I'm not going to eat. It was pointed out that this is where protein drinks and protein bars come in. I have found that Muscle Milk protein drinks taste amazing! I love them. It's like having a milkshake if you mix the powder with milk and ice. So good. The EAS protein drinks are also good, but not as tasty as Muscle Milk. The protein bars that I've been eating are Pure Protein - the chocolate is the best but peanut butter is also really good. A tip I was given was to make sure that when I eat, my meals are 250-300 calories. That way I can make sure I'm hungry again in the three to four hours with out going over. We get our "numbers" on Monday. That means we get our target calories, protein, and carbs. I'm excited to be able to start tracking this, I think it will make weight loss easier.
Weight loss for this week was 2 lbs, which is a total of 13lbs lost.
The second week wasn't as hard as the first when it came to work outs, and i honestly think that's because I didn't put enough into them. Yes I was still exhausted by the end, but I could have put more into them. Hopefully with week three I can really push more, add more weights to my reps and really start to work harder.
A big step up though was that I was able to do a full sit up. When I started this course, and for years, my sit ups included me being able to only move my shoulders off the ground by maybe two inches. Yesterday I was able to do multiple, full sit ups. I was very, very proud of myself. I think I'm going to use this as my first milestone.
Another really difficult part of this program is the food. I'm supposed to eat every three to four hours and I just can't do that. If I'm not hungry, I'm not going to eat. It was pointed out that this is where protein drinks and protein bars come in. I have found that Muscle Milk protein drinks taste amazing! I love them. It's like having a milkshake if you mix the powder with milk and ice. So good. The EAS protein drinks are also good, but not as tasty as Muscle Milk. The protein bars that I've been eating are Pure Protein - the chocolate is the best but peanut butter is also really good. A tip I was given was to make sure that when I eat, my meals are 250-300 calories. That way I can make sure I'm hungry again in the three to four hours with out going over. We get our "numbers" on Monday. That means we get our target calories, protein, and carbs. I'm excited to be able to start tracking this, I think it will make weight loss easier.
Weight loss for this week was 2 lbs, which is a total of 13lbs lost.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
It's been a while...
So I've been absent for a while. No excuses really, just life stuff.
Yesterday I was thinking that I could use this blog to really keep up to date with that was going on in my life, and right now that's a 20 week long fitness "boot camp" if you will.
Let's start with my goals:
Lose 100 lbs (starting off)
Get rid of my booth anxiety
Feel better about myself
Yesterday started week two so I'm going to talk about week one and then Friday or Saturday maybe I'll update about how week two went.
So week one started out with a fizzle rather than a bang. We were told that the first week we just had to eat what we thought was healthy and keep a food journal. While I was trying to eat correctly, I was apparently not. I was told I had too many carbs (cottage cheese is a carb?) and I needed to eat more protein. I'm sorry, rolling up deli turkey meat is gross. But that's what I did. I am determined to lose this weight and keep it off.
So the work out I can't talk about so much because it is hush hush but let's just say the some days I thought my arms and legs were going to fall off and other days not so much. What I'm getting at is that the first trainer I dealt with didn’t really seem to care what we did. it was strange, sometimes he was attentive and nice and encouraging and other times he was a total jerk. I appreciate both though, if I can really get healthy.
Now with this new change in my life means I can't have many of the things I love. The following is a list of things that have left my life, save for one meal a week if I want them.
Coffee
Oreos
Pancakes
Milkshakes
Rolls
Biscuits
Carrots
Coconut
Pineapple
Potatoes
Those are the ones that really kill me. I miss coffee the most. I quit cold turkey because I thought anything else would just be a disgrace. Now anything that is on that list I can have one meal a week. We get our "cheat meal" if you will, and can have whatever we want. Well since little sister was in town this weekend so I decided to have beer, chips and queso, a milkshake, and two small cookies. Sunday morning I woke up with food hang over. That is to say I felt horrible and sick.
Take this as a note people! If you're having a cheat day, don't go crazy! It's like drinking too much, you feel awful the next day and it's just not worth it. I think my next cheat meal will be breakfast…
Anyway! So the first week of the boot camp was torture and not that bad at all the same time. But it was well worth it because I lost…
10 pounds! Hooray! Even though that's all water weight, I'm still happy with the results. I also know that 10 pounds is probably a fluke but I'm still excited about it. That is my motivation to keep my diet and exercise going.
Yesterday I was thinking that I could use this blog to really keep up to date with that was going on in my life, and right now that's a 20 week long fitness "boot camp" if you will.
Let's start with my goals:
Lose 100 lbs (starting off)
Get rid of my booth anxiety
Feel better about myself
Yesterday started week two so I'm going to talk about week one and then Friday or Saturday maybe I'll update about how week two went.
So week one started out with a fizzle rather than a bang. We were told that the first week we just had to eat what we thought was healthy and keep a food journal. While I was trying to eat correctly, I was apparently not. I was told I had too many carbs (cottage cheese is a carb?) and I needed to eat more protein. I'm sorry, rolling up deli turkey meat is gross. But that's what I did. I am determined to lose this weight and keep it off.
So the work out I can't talk about so much because it is hush hush but let's just say the some days I thought my arms and legs were going to fall off and other days not so much. What I'm getting at is that the first trainer I dealt with didn’t really seem to care what we did. it was strange, sometimes he was attentive and nice and encouraging and other times he was a total jerk. I appreciate both though, if I can really get healthy.
Now with this new change in my life means I can't have many of the things I love. The following is a list of things that have left my life, save for one meal a week if I want them.
Coffee
Oreos
Pancakes
Milkshakes
Rolls
Biscuits
Carrots
Coconut
Pineapple
Potatoes
Those are the ones that really kill me. I miss coffee the most. I quit cold turkey because I thought anything else would just be a disgrace. Now anything that is on that list I can have one meal a week. We get our "cheat meal" if you will, and can have whatever we want. Well since little sister was in town this weekend so I decided to have beer, chips and queso, a milkshake, and two small cookies. Sunday morning I woke up with food hang over. That is to say I felt horrible and sick.
Take this as a note people! If you're having a cheat day, don't go crazy! It's like drinking too much, you feel awful the next day and it's just not worth it. I think my next cheat meal will be breakfast…
Anyway! So the first week of the boot camp was torture and not that bad at all the same time. But it was well worth it because I lost…
10 pounds! Hooray! Even though that's all water weight, I'm still happy with the results. I also know that 10 pounds is probably a fluke but I'm still excited about it. That is my motivation to keep my diet and exercise going.
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