Things are still moving slowly. Biggest problem we seem to have is an overabundance of things to do clogging the schedule and making it difficult to get motivated if anything gets out of whack. Of course I felt terrible yesterday and did not go to the Y. Between feeling exhausted and wrung out as well as have a headache that would not go away, I had no desire to go do anything.
We did get cleaning done, thanks to our friend Sarah coming over. It is weird walking around seeing clear floors in large areas of the house. Makes the whole place feel bigger. I am okay with that. Besides we do want to make sure that this place is clean and ready for Chinese New Year which is Thursday and we are celebrating on Saturday. The place should be nice and clean for that. Still have seating issues, but that is another matter.
The energy of the house feels better, between Cindy cleaning out the craft room and the rest of the house getting dealt with. The only problem room right now is Katie's, where the craft room stuff is getting put. But once the craft room is reorganized most of that stuff will go back into the craft room, so it is truly temporary. At this point I think we want to avoid any energy stagnation.
Still no job. Still looking.
So it goes.
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Week 3
Start Weight: 255.2
Weigh in: Total Loss: Wk .8
Points allowed: 38 Mo 0
Extra Points: 49 Overall 13.6
Exercise Points: 2
Measurements:
Bust 55.5 Panties: 9
Waist 49.75 Pants: 26
Hips 53 Top: 20
Arms 14.5 Bra 46 D
Thigh 27.5
Breakfast: 1 c Multigrain Cheerios 3 points
½ c Milk 1 points
1 c Irish Breakfast Tea 0 points
1 tsp Honey 1 point
Total 5 points
Points Left: 33
Lunch: 2 Chili Cheese dogs 12 points
Total 7 points
Points Left: 21
Dinner: Balsamic Salmon 9 points
Quinoa 3 Points
Roasted Asparagus 1 points
Roasted Carrots 1 points
Pears w/ Choc 2 points
Total 16 points
Points Left: 5
Snack: 1/2 c Choc Milk 2 points
94% Fate Free Popcorn 3 points
Kraut Dog 3 points
Peanut Butter Sandwich 5 points
1c Milk 3 points
Total 16 points
Points Left: -11
Exercise: Housework (15 min/ light) 1 points
Total + 1 points
Daily Total: -11
Extra Points Carry over: 41
Exercise Points Carry over: 0
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Yesterday's Info
Well, here is yesterday's form. I keep tinkering with these so expect things to change.
Friday 20 Jan 2011
Weigh in: 257.6 Total Loss: Wk 3.2
Points allowed: 39 Mo 3.2
Extra Points: 43 Overall 3.2
Exercise Points: 11
Measurements:
Bust 55.5 Panties: 9
Waist 49.75 Pants: 26
Hips 53 Top: 20
Arms 14.5 Bra 46 D
Thigh 27.5
Breakfast: Cream of Wheat 3 points
Hard Boiled Egg 2 points
Total 5 points
Points Left: 34
Lunch: 2 Crunchy Fresco Tacos 8 points
½ Mexican Pizza 7 points
1 Chicken Taco 4 point
Total 19 points
Points Left: 15
Snack: Chocolate milk (1 cup) 4 points
Total 4 points
Points Left: 11
Dinner: Chicken 4 points
Mashed Taters 3 points
Vegtable 1 points
Vegtable 0 points
Brownie 4 points
Milk 3 points
Total 15 points
Points Left: -4
Snack: Peanut Butter 3 points
Bread 2 points
Milk (1/2 cup) 1 points
Total 6 points
Points Left: -10
Exercise: Housework, Moderate 4 points
Total + 4 points
Daily Total: -10 – 4 - 6 = 0
Extra Points Carry over: 37
Exercise Points Carry over: 0
Things are looking good. Weight is dropping and exercise is happening. Something lit a fire under Cindy's butt and that is a good thing as we are now working towards losing the weight and getting healthy, since they are different things.
The other thing going on is that w are working on decluttering the house and cleaning it up for Chinese New Year. She is really working hard on the Craft Room and that is helping to break up some of the energy stagnation. That can help us overall in that the House energy will flow better and thus our own energy will flow better. At least that is the theory.
Friday 20 Jan 2011
Weigh in: 257.6 Total Loss: Wk 3.2
Points allowed: 39 Mo 3.2
Extra Points: 43 Overall 3.2
Exercise Points: 11
Measurements:
Bust 55.5 Panties: 9
Waist 49.75 Pants: 26
Hips 53 Top: 20
Arms 14.5 Bra 46 D
Thigh 27.5
Breakfast: Cream of Wheat 3 points
Hard Boiled Egg 2 points
Total 5 points
Points Left: 34
Lunch: 2 Crunchy Fresco Tacos 8 points
½ Mexican Pizza 7 points
1 Chicken Taco 4 point
Total 19 points
Points Left: 15
Snack: Chocolate milk (1 cup) 4 points
Total 4 points
Points Left: 11
Dinner: Chicken 4 points
Mashed Taters 3 points
Vegtable 1 points
Vegtable 0 points
Brownie 4 points
Milk 3 points
Total 15 points
Points Left: -4
Snack: Peanut Butter 3 points
Bread 2 points
Milk (1/2 cup) 1 points
Total 6 points
Points Left: -10
Exercise: Housework, Moderate 4 points
Total + 4 points
Daily Total: -10 – 4 - 6 = 0
Extra Points Carry over: 37
Exercise Points Carry over: 0
Things are looking good. Weight is dropping and exercise is happening. Something lit a fire under Cindy's butt and that is a good thing as we are now working towards losing the weight and getting healthy, since they are different things.
The other thing going on is that w are working on decluttering the house and cleaning it up for Chinese New Year. She is really working hard on the Craft Room and that is helping to break up some of the energy stagnation. That can help us overall in that the House energy will flow better and thus our own energy will flow better. At least that is the theory.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday night
Still hovering around 260. Not overly pleased but so it goes. The plan is to go to the Y in the morning. I am really hoping we do that but if the weather craps out like it is supposed to we may not make it. So it goes I guess.
Have started with the newest round of decluttering/ cleaning. I am hoping it goes well and helps clear the stagnation. I think attacking the Feng Shui might be the best course of action.
Have started with the newest round of decluttering/ cleaning. I am hoping it goes well and helps clear the stagnation. I think attacking the Feng Shui might be the best course of action.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Playing catch up
Yeah... things have been busy as of late.
We got the estate sale done, which is nice. That reduces a major source of stress and we don't have to log long days running back and forth from Gallatin going through crap. It's done and I am okay with that.
In terms of Jobs, I have heard back from an agent who wanted to read the sample chapters. I guess next will be the whole manuscript. That will be cool.
I also have an application in at MedSolutions which might turn into a job, as well as several other government jobs I can apply for. So more possibility for work there.
I have lost weight and am back in the 250's which is nice. A lot of that is the not eating out thing, which has been nice as out food is rarely as great as Cindy makes, so that is something. I have gone from around 265 to 256 in about a week, which is impressive. I mean... wow. So that is moving in a direction.
We are back at the Y, so more swimming for Heather. Yay! I also have aquatic therapy and will be getting PT for my ankle. All in all not a bad catch up. Life is pretty good all things considered.
We got the estate sale done, which is nice. That reduces a major source of stress and we don't have to log long days running back and forth from Gallatin going through crap. It's done and I am okay with that.
In terms of Jobs, I have heard back from an agent who wanted to read the sample chapters. I guess next will be the whole manuscript. That will be cool.
I also have an application in at MedSolutions which might turn into a job, as well as several other government jobs I can apply for. So more possibility for work there.
I have lost weight and am back in the 250's which is nice. A lot of that is the not eating out thing, which has been nice as out food is rarely as great as Cindy makes, so that is something. I have gone from around 265 to 256 in about a week, which is impressive. I mean... wow. So that is moving in a direction.
We are back at the Y, so more swimming for Heather. Yay! I also have aquatic therapy and will be getting PT for my ankle. All in all not a bad catch up. Life is pretty good all things considered.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Update and musing on Portion Porblems
Well, Whedonfest is over and now time to get back into the serious work of trying to fix issues in my life.
Lets see... the Job fair gave me some interesting options as well as show me a MA program that sounds interesting and a good use of my skills. So there is some hope on the job front.
Ankle still hurts, so a lot of good exercise options are out. I need to get that looked at but the MRI isn't until 21 Aug and that means it isn't until probably September that something will be done about that. Totally fucking sucks. Maybe I just need to ignore the VA and treat this myself? It is worth considering.
My faith is going well, but I really should meditate more. I feel better after doing it so there really isn't a reason that I am not meditating except for the fact that my depression is making me want to hide from the world rather than deal with it. Gotta get over that crap.
House is semi trashed, but duh... Whedonfest. It did really well this year, but we do need to catch up on making the home environment serene...
So there you have that update. Now onto the other stuff.
Okay, so I am at 261 right now and that is disturbing. I hate this craziness that’s going on with my weight. It is really bothering me, especially because it isn’t like I eat badly. I like vegetables and salads, and all sorts of good for you food. Hell eating just chicken or fish would not be a huge hardship. The problem for me seems to be portion control. I don’t eat a lot of deserts or empty calories but I eat a lot of normal food.
I like food and truly enjoy eating excellent food. I am not sure as to why I seem to be more focused on eating larger amounts of food than I should but I need it to stop. I suppose I should get to weighing and measuring all of my food, so I only eat single portions and the like, but I am worried that I will fail. I guess that is a common worry for most anyone doing any weight loss plan. I just don’t seem to have a good idea in my head as to what exactly good portion sizes are. I know the pack of cards and those other measures but in a lot of ways that doesn’t really seem to help me. I guess I need to hunt that all down again and start seriously following it.
The other issue tied into this is that I seem to be the one in my family that ‘finishes’ food, thus getting extra. I have a difficult time turning down food or not completing my meals. Part of it has to do with the fact that my mother constantly talked about eating her monies worth. Paying for food and then not eating ALL of it really bugged her. She talked about that wasting money, which it is, but the message I took was not avoid over ordering but rather eat everything and then some, so there is a good value for your money spent.
Growing up, my mom loved taking my brother Brian and my best friend Tony out to all you could eat places. The joke about ‘You here four hour. You scare my wife.’ seemed to be very true in relation to our meals. Granted teenaged boys really burn calories but my mom did get a smug satisfaction when we would go someplace like Chesapeake Seafood House and eat all their food. The place stopped having an all you can eat night after we went there for the third time and ate for something like two + hours. It was obscene. But my mom considered it a great value.
I love getting the all you can eat sushi at Cathay and Cindy and I actually sit back and calculate the value of what I have eaten versus the value of what we paid. My personal best was a little over 60 dollars of sushi for 14 dollars. That is a lot of sushi. Now I don’t feel so bad about that, as sushi is not really that bad for you and that much sushi didn’t blow my weight watchers points for the day. But it does let me know that I have developed a similar mindset.
I have been proud lately of actually eating my meal and leaving food, especially eating out. Part of that is the ever increasing size of portions and the other bit is that I recognize that I DO NOT need to eat everything on my plate, that getting full is a great stopping point. I don’t like feeling bloated and way over fed. I get really food coma-ish and that is not comfortable.
Places I really enjoy the all you can eat thing and it not be a problem is at Ruby Tuesday. I can eat huge amounts of salad and be fine. The only bad things I eat there are the cottage cheese and maybe pickled beets. I really don’t put too much extra cheese on the salads as well. So that is not too bad, but otherwise, I really do eat a hell of a lot, volume wise. I need to eat less volume and I am sure that alone will have a major impact on my weight. Maybe even reducing the bad cards and sticking with the complex carbs the body needs. I don’t know. Sometimes I feel like nothing but a hog, stuffing itself for market and that isn’t good for anyone.
I hate this shit.
So I am going to try and reduce my portion sizes. That will hopefully help. Add in eating better and that can hopefully really help my weight. I have a lot of hopefuls here and those are never guarantees, but you gotta try. I don’t want gastric bypass, but if I can’t do this and I keep gaining then it might be the only decent option I have available. Man that sucks. Effort first then surgery… The fact that I am even considering it distresses me but I am aware that I don’t want to heat into the upper twos or the threes and low fours that Brian got to. What a crap time to realize that HRT probably shifted my metabolism closer to my mom, sisters and brothers. So it goes.
Any way, here’s hoping that I can make this work.
Lets see... the Job fair gave me some interesting options as well as show me a MA program that sounds interesting and a good use of my skills. So there is some hope on the job front.
Ankle still hurts, so a lot of good exercise options are out. I need to get that looked at but the MRI isn't until 21 Aug and that means it isn't until probably September that something will be done about that. Totally fucking sucks. Maybe I just need to ignore the VA and treat this myself? It is worth considering.
My faith is going well, but I really should meditate more. I feel better after doing it so there really isn't a reason that I am not meditating except for the fact that my depression is making me want to hide from the world rather than deal with it. Gotta get over that crap.
House is semi trashed, but duh... Whedonfest. It did really well this year, but we do need to catch up on making the home environment serene...
So there you have that update. Now onto the other stuff.
Okay, so I am at 261 right now and that is disturbing. I hate this craziness that’s going on with my weight. It is really bothering me, especially because it isn’t like I eat badly. I like vegetables and salads, and all sorts of good for you food. Hell eating just chicken or fish would not be a huge hardship. The problem for me seems to be portion control. I don’t eat a lot of deserts or empty calories but I eat a lot of normal food.
I like food and truly enjoy eating excellent food. I am not sure as to why I seem to be more focused on eating larger amounts of food than I should but I need it to stop. I suppose I should get to weighing and measuring all of my food, so I only eat single portions and the like, but I am worried that I will fail. I guess that is a common worry for most anyone doing any weight loss plan. I just don’t seem to have a good idea in my head as to what exactly good portion sizes are. I know the pack of cards and those other measures but in a lot of ways that doesn’t really seem to help me. I guess I need to hunt that all down again and start seriously following it.
The other issue tied into this is that I seem to be the one in my family that ‘finishes’ food, thus getting extra. I have a difficult time turning down food or not completing my meals. Part of it has to do with the fact that my mother constantly talked about eating her monies worth. Paying for food and then not eating ALL of it really bugged her. She talked about that wasting money, which it is, but the message I took was not avoid over ordering but rather eat everything and then some, so there is a good value for your money spent.
Growing up, my mom loved taking my brother Brian and my best friend Tony out to all you could eat places. The joke about ‘You here four hour. You scare my wife.’ seemed to be very true in relation to our meals. Granted teenaged boys really burn calories but my mom did get a smug satisfaction when we would go someplace like Chesapeake Seafood House and eat all their food. The place stopped having an all you can eat night after we went there for the third time and ate for something like two + hours. It was obscene. But my mom considered it a great value.
I love getting the all you can eat sushi at Cathay and Cindy and I actually sit back and calculate the value of what I have eaten versus the value of what we paid. My personal best was a little over 60 dollars of sushi for 14 dollars. That is a lot of sushi. Now I don’t feel so bad about that, as sushi is not really that bad for you and that much sushi didn’t blow my weight watchers points for the day. But it does let me know that I have developed a similar mindset.
I have been proud lately of actually eating my meal and leaving food, especially eating out. Part of that is the ever increasing size of portions and the other bit is that I recognize that I DO NOT need to eat everything on my plate, that getting full is a great stopping point. I don’t like feeling bloated and way over fed. I get really food coma-ish and that is not comfortable.
Places I really enjoy the all you can eat thing and it not be a problem is at Ruby Tuesday. I can eat huge amounts of salad and be fine. The only bad things I eat there are the cottage cheese and maybe pickled beets. I really don’t put too much extra cheese on the salads as well. So that is not too bad, but otherwise, I really do eat a hell of a lot, volume wise. I need to eat less volume and I am sure that alone will have a major impact on my weight. Maybe even reducing the bad cards and sticking with the complex carbs the body needs. I don’t know. Sometimes I feel like nothing but a hog, stuffing itself for market and that isn’t good for anyone.
I hate this shit.
So I am going to try and reduce my portion sizes. That will hopefully help. Add in eating better and that can hopefully really help my weight. I have a lot of hopefuls here and those are never guarantees, but you gotta try. I don’t want gastric bypass, but if I can’t do this and I keep gaining then it might be the only decent option I have available. Man that sucks. Effort first then surgery… The fact that I am even considering it distresses me but I am aware that I don’t want to heat into the upper twos or the threes and low fours that Brian got to. What a crap time to realize that HRT probably shifted my metabolism closer to my mom, sisters and brothers. So it goes.
Any way, here’s hoping that I can make this work.
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