WEDNESDAY DIARY
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer + 35 min running; Weight training: None; Calories: 1900 (damn ice cream)
The ice cream happened after I returned home from "Curriculum Night" at the kids' schools. That's where the teachers basically outline what they will be covering over the year. It's a good idea because it lets you know if they are trying something new or what to do if your child is struggling in a particular area.
I met one of my son's classmates, and she said, "Oh he's being bullied on the school bus." Great. So of course, I was in high anxiety by the time I got home. I was so tired and I was low on calories so I knew a dish of ice cream was in my future anyway (I had planned this). Unfortunately, I did not plan on eating as much ice cream as I did (~2 cups?).
I compensated by drinking another 4 glasses of water. It was hot and humid; I was thirsty anyway (which is probably why I ate so much ice cream). I thought the next day (today) was weigh in day, but then I realized that I was ahead by one day. So I have a day to work through the ice cream before weighing in. :-/
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (interval); Weight training: 25 min lower body (machines); Calories: Approx 1500 (once I have my frozen strawberries for dessert)
I am so busy, I have very little time for a good entry. The gym was so HOT today. Ugh, if it continues to be that hot when I go at 9a, I will start going super duper early when it is cooler out (and still dark).
Now I must listen to my son read a story and answer the questions at the end of the story. UGH!!! I so want to dive into a big dish of ice cream....
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
What a great mother you are...overseeing your son do his HW!
ewww...the gym was hot? that's gross!
And you shouldn't put much stock in your husband commenting that you look "slow". When I watch long distance runners on T.V. they always look relatively slow to me. I mean, they look like they're running at about the same speed as me, whereas they're actually running 5 minute miles or something even more ludicrous. So sometimes it's just hard to judge people's speed, especially when they're running at an even pace. The fact that you seemed slow to your husband probably just means you have good form.
Well, good luck in your quest for "skinny runner's legs"! I must say, I hope you have better luck than I do because while my thighs seem a lot slimmer (and less cottage-cheesy!) to me, my calves are still as thick as ever. Must be genetic...
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (single hill) + 30 min running; Weight training: 25 min upper body (machines); Calories: 1510
While I was on the crosstrainer this morning, I came to the realization that I probably need to cut back on my time on the crosstrainer and increase the resistance. I will do this when September is over, because I am doing an online "minutes" challenge for this month. So cutting back on minutes now would not be good for that. I can hardly wait until September is over so I can leave that online group.
That way, with less time on the crosstrainer, hopefully I will have more time and energy for running, although the weather will probably be too cold to run outside comfortably by then. Oh the ironies of life. With the increased resistance, and the increased running, I should have some great looking legs soon enough!
EVENING EDIT: A GREAT DAY! :-)
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
so, no worries, stick to your sept plan and now you know what'll be come october! and, it's almost here!!!
oh, i know this eating is CRAZY. i'm beyond happy that today went well!
Another great run--good going!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (gluteal program) + 45 min mowing the lawn; Weight training: None; Calories: 1640 (going to have a Fiber One bar, I think)
I think I may be getting sick or something. I went to the gym this morning and did the elliptical. My legs felt so heavy and it took me a long time to feel "warmed up" and at my usual pace. I thought that it was a mistake for me to workout today because maybe I need 2 days of rest now to recover from running and working out during the week.
But I felt pretty good at the end of the workout and came home with plans of mowing the lawn and doing something active with the kids. Well, I get into church and I start feeling like I got a headache or something. Now we are home and I feel completely drained. I don't know if I will even get to the lawn today. I could use a long nap instead, I feel like!
I plan to take a decongestant and see if that helps ward off any sinus infections lurking in the back of my sinus cavity.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: None; Weight training: None; Calories: Around 1500 unless I have something else to eat.
***I realized this evening that I am running out of time if I want to reach my goal weight by Halloween (Oct. 31st).***
Gotta love those Days of Rest. Now that I am in my late 30s I find that I need a day off to let everything rest. Otherwise I burn out by the end of the next week, and I don't want to do that.
That's not to say that I wasn't busy. I had errands to run this morning, cleaned out the cat boxes (empty, wash, refill with sand when dry), and had the kids because Husband is working all day today. Then he will come home and sit his butt in front of the TV to watch the baseball game.
I tried to take the kids to a country farm where they sell fresh produce and have this amazing maze & fort made out of hay that the kids can play on (climb, run, slide, etc.). Well, because of the rain this summer, they didn't have the hay nor the time to construct the fort. The produce selection was not that bountyful as well, although maybe that's because it's early in the season?? We had our first frost here, so I'm thinking that the cold weather has me thinking that the fall harvests should be in, when actually, the farmers are just starting to bring in the crops.
Hey, I lived in the middle of a frickin' corn field for the past 7 years. I definitely know way more about farms and cows and corn than I think is healthy to know for a suburbanite.
So the farm was a bust. I did get some fresh apples. I opened up the windows in the basement of the old house again, because it still smells musty down there. This means that I will have to trek up there on Monday to close them up. *sigh*
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: 65 min elliptical (single hill) + 43 min running; Weight training: None; Calories: 2100 -- and I'm totally OK with that.
Weighed in this morning, and despite my encounters with too much ice cream and cookies last week (the ice cream on Friday night and Sunday night; the cookies on Monday and Tuesday night), I still managed to maintain my weight this week. I believe that this is due to running. If I had not done my running this week, I surely would have gained.
And I'm happy and proud to report that I ran 4 miles today. I did not know this, but Husband was coming home just as I started out on my run, so he got to see me running from behind.
((I always feel very sorry for people who have to witness my running from my behind viewpoint.))
Anyway, he said that I looked like I was going very slow, almost a fast walking. I thought I was doing well. I do know that I go slow, especially starting out. It was "nice" of him to point that out to me though....
EVENING EDIT: Had a very satisfying dinner, with wine and dessert. My calories are high, but I'm happy with it. Sometimes I wonder if I don't eat enough, and then that sets me up for bingeing on the ice cream or cookies later on, when times get stressful.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (interval program); Weight training: 20 min upper body (machines); Calories: 1660
Another busy busy day. Any time I have to go up to the old house it will be busy because the drive alone sucks up about 1.5 hours alone (round trip).
I think those of you who guessed that this house thing is stressing me out more than I think it does are right. That is to say, you are right, I'm really stressed out about this house not selling and now it's stinky and now we're heading into the "off" season for real estate.... Ugh, I want to be rid of this house so badly.
I went to the house and closed up windows because they were forecasting rain tonight (which I guess they are no longer forecasting now). I also put some air fresheners in the upstairs ("Hawaiian breeze"), 2 on the main level ("Vanilla") and 3 in the stanky basement ("Clean Linen"). I also took mildew remover and sprayed the floor (like you would with Febreeze) of the basement. Then I took the mildew spray and scrubbed the stairs with it, to clean them off. So when you go downstairs into the basement, you are hit with the clean smell of bleach and "Clean Linen".
Yes, I gather by the amount of space I took up writing about the house, that most of my thoughts are consumed with it.
Back on subject, then.... I realized today for the first time, that I may have to be counting calories for the rest of my life. That while healthy eating choices does come very naturally to me, that portion control (or lack thereof) may be an issue with me that never resolves itself.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
but, as a calorie counter for the past 5 years, it's been almost impossible for me to not do it. interestingly, though, what i ate today for breakfast is impossible to really count the calories very accurately for. there were NO nutrition facts on the rich bread or on the sweet marble cake. I had a lot of both and didn't measure out the peanut butter that i put on the bread. I ate it all...even though i could have left some over. i threw it away...and since nothing was in the garbage bag yet, i took it back out! ew. haha. I still have trouble throwiing things away...i think that is because my brain thinks that i will deny it food later if i eat a lot in one sitting.
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer + 65 min running (!!!); Weight training: 25 minutes lower body (machines); Calories: TBD
DONKEY GOES THE DISTANCE!!!
Look at that running time! I ran 6 miles today! Yowza! I ran up to the kids' schools and back. It was so hard to get myself motivated and out the door, but once I started, I knew that was where I was going to go. I wish BornToCry was still reading/posting here. I would love to swap our running stories! ("So what did you step in today on your run?")
I took biscotti's words to heart and realized that I gotta get down to business. I'm losing focus, and if I want to reach my goals, I've got to put my head down and really work at it.
Now I must cut this short because I have to return to the old house (boo, hiss) and check on the progress of the stanky basement.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Yeah, where is that BTC???
Exercise: 65 minutes crosstrainer (single hill); Weight training: NONE; Calories: 1925 (something like that)
A very busy day. Got up super early to workout at the gym, because I had to go up to the old house and take care of that water in the basement mildew problem, which I did. I have to up there again tomorrow to see if the fans, dehumidifier and open windows are making a difference in drying it out. Plus, I cleaned the entire floor with bleach + water to kill the smell.
I have a confession to make. I have not been doing as well with eating as I have been reporting. Last night, I went totally overboard with some Girl Scout cookies. Last Friday and Sunday nights, I went overboard with the ice cream. So I don't expect anything positive out of this week's weigh-in, if I decide to weigh in.
I'm at a loss for words :-(
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
a_v probably should have left that comment to me on MY diary. I wish she had, but be that as it may, I'm moving forward and as I said, will try to keep my head down and stick to the subject.
Hope you have a good day:-)
I'm curious why the nick "donkey"?
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer + 30 min running; Weight training: 20 min upper body (machines); Calories: 1742 (2 above my limit, and I'll probably have a few more beyond this as well)
Had an awesome run this morning. Yes, even though my Husband was home, I was determined to get a run in outdoors after coming home from the gym.
I opted twice to take longer routes during my run. However, I was disappointed to see that my running time was still 30 min at best (probably closer to 25 min actually; I forgot to look at the clock before I left the house). So either I ran faster or my routes were not significantly longer (which I know NOT to be true). I'm not sure, but I'm very pleased.
Getting the kids bowling balls after school today. Hopefully my athletic daughter will not get so discouraged when she has a ball that is the appropriate weight for her age (7).
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
RYC: I think thoughtful people can agree to disagree and that's probably what's happened. I left her a comment a little while ago and at that time her pounds lost per day were nearly 1/day. That's tapered off now to, by her own numbers 5 pounds/week since starting. I don't know about you, but the only way you do that (on a self-directed diet) is by eating a very-low calorie diet, probably below 1000 at the beginning. There's really not enough information in her diary to figure out the calories, but someone's not going to lose 0.7#/day by eating 1200 calories/day.
No I don't think there's any reason to correlate losing alot of weight with how bad your diet/lifestyle WAS and then picking up a healthy lifestyle. You asked her at some point how many calories she was taking in. She claimed not to be into counting calories. In my experience here, people either count or they don't count calories, WW points, portion sizes--something to make sure they are getting some semblance of proper nutrition while trying to lose weight. Or they sort of eat the same things within the realm of 1200 cals for awhile, incorporate exercise and generally lose 2 maybe 3 pounds per week. And they keep it off. If you haven't read Halley--she is a great example, though initially she was using some diet pills along with Slim-Fast and exercise. I don't think she did any fasting or skipping of meals.
Also, it may look like I'm picking on ad_vitam--she's pretty much made her choice re: her health. My last comments on her diary were actually for others who may be blown away by her "success" and want to duplicate it. Many people who find DDs may be absolutely clueless and simply know that they want to lose weight, but have no idea how to do it. Much less how to do it safely.
Hell, I've never tried Slim-Fast, but I'd rather see someone do that plan as intended than to see someone lose more than a pound a week (beyond the first couple weeks).
Hate to keep bringing up old diaries all the time, but there was a person who was completely transparent about her very low-calorie diet. She lost weight, was happy, etc. She then gained it all back. I haven't looked back at it in awhile, but I think she finally realized she needed to eat rather than starve herself.
You may want to go back and read my comments in the Forums sections: "South Beach Diet" and "What is your eating plan/lifestyle?"
That's about it--have a good day Donkey!!!
ps No need to apologize about disagreeing with me. Don't ever let that get you down. That's just life!
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